Pre-flight Nerves

Posted by anas on Sep 12, 2009 in London Diary | 7 comments Right then, about 24 hours from now I will start my journey to homeland. Yes only 24 hours to go!!! Yayyyy! (if the flight isnt delayed ofcourse). I grew up in the Middle East and we used to travel to Pakistan at least once a year. The frequency increased when I was able to travel on my own and even when I moved to Karachi, with my parents in UAE, the visits were frequent. Add to this some...
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Guilt

Posted by anas on Sep 6, 2009 in London Diary | 29 comments Just because I am going to Karachi after a year or so, I am supposed to get gifts for people, esp. the close ones i.e. dad, mom, sis and bro-in-law, right? WRONG! At least thats what I thought. My plan was to buy some stuff for my niece only. But it came to my knowledge yesterday that my dearest sister, who had no idea that her poor brother was coming over for eid, bought a set of kurta-shalwar...
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Karachiiii

Posted by anas on Sep 5, 2009 in London Diary | 11 comments Its official then. I have purchased the ticket and I am flying to Karachi on 13th September!!! Only a short tour of 10 days and then I will head back on 23rd because I have to submit my dissertation on 25th (I can get an extension of a week though). So I am already imagining myself typing for 2-3 hours in the plane, in an attempt to do as much work as possible before landing in Pakistan. I dont...
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Decision Making

Posted by anas on Sep 2, 2009 in London Diary | 12 comments One of the hardest things to do is to choose the right answer from a given set of seemingly correct choices. All are correct. One needs to be selected, obviously with justification to support it, and possibly to rule out others. This is somewhat analogous to how humans make decisions. There is no such things as a WRONG path, the question usually is whether the path suits you or not. Anyway, in...
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Ramadan

Posted by anas on Sep 1, 2009 in London Diary | 1 comment I had been working hard prior to the start of Ramadan in order to have some respite during the holy month. I am not actually in favour of reduced working hours as such during Ramadan if they are enforced to cater for laziness. In my limited knowledge of the religion, I haven't come across any incident where someone has been told to shed work and relax in Ramadan during the day (correct me if...
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Me and Contact Lenses

Posted by anas on Aug 28, 2009 in London Diary | 14 comments I’ve been wearing glasses/spectacles for more than a decade, almost 14 years or maybe more. They are an essential part of me and I, like many others, end up pushing the imaginary glasses back over my nose even when I don’t have them on for some reason. Once during my A-levels years, I decided to have a go at contact lenses. I knew it was a tough ask but I was inspired by my sister who...
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